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brooklynite

(94,501 posts) Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:58 PM Jun 2014

Immigration Reform died today...

The defeat of Eric Cantor will put any Leadership official and any Republican House member remotely considered "establishment" into a panic. Plenty will have primaries between now and September, and they'll refuse to consider anything remotely close to an Immigration bill. Better for us going into the 2016 election, but it'll be a long two years.

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Immigration Reform died today... (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2014 OP

I'm sorry to tell you this but... onecaliberal Jun 2014 #1

Maybe. Maybe not. Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #2

It wouldn't have happened in any case sharp_stick Jun 2014 #3

Hard to believe the GOP can get even more extreme. BlueCheese Jun 2014 #4

Boehner would not bring it up for a vote with or without Cantor. It's all NO to the GOP. AlinPA Jun 2014 #5

And the usual suspects will point to Obama and say, "See? He promised us immigration reform!.... Liberal Veteran Jun 2014 #6

It was drown in a toilet. AngryAmish Jun 2014 #7

onecaliberal

(32,824 posts)

1. I'm sorry to tell you this but...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:05 PM

Jun 2014

There is NO chance the republican house was going to pass immigration reform with or without Cantor. It would have happened long ago if republicans were willing. They're not!

Xipe Totec

(43,889 posts)

2. Maybe. Maybe not.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:05 PM

Jun 2014

The stoopid will shift to the right.

The smart will embrace the change and shift to the left.

Cantor will give them a nice fuck you as a good bye present.

He has nothing to lose.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

3. It wouldn't have happened in any case

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 10:08 PM

Jun 2014

the fuckwits in charge of the House of Representatives has absolutely no intention of actually doing a deal. Those reneging pieces of shit have never come through on a promise and they never will. The only hope for any immigration reform is a Democratically controlled House, Senate and White House.